Catalogue description Everest Expedition 1936

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Details of 1922/E39
Reference: 1922/E39
Title: Everest Expedition 1936
Description:

Series Title: Mount Everest

 

Letter from Dr G. Noel Humphreys to Dr Thomas Stordy from the expedition, 3 May 1936. With envelope. The letter includes comments on the probably need for bottled oxygen if Everest was to be successfully climbed (this was the area of medicine both doctors were interested in). [2 items] This is one of the letters in the postbag that was stolen by the Gangtok postmaster and subsequently recovered. See also 1922/B49/72, 1922/B84/3, 1922/D4/18, 1922/D58.

 

Author: HUMPHREYS, Dr G. Noel

 

Places: Everest

 

Subject: Everest 1936
Date: 1936
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 file
Physical condition: ms
Immediate source of acquisition:

Gift of Mr & Mrs C.B. Harrison (see Accesions Register). The original recipient was Mrs Harrison's grandfather.

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